This is the second book in the Jordan Brothers series. We met Bella and Christian in the first book as secondary characters, I really loved the first book it was honest and didn't sugar coat alcoholism. I liked this book, the characters are good and well rounded, but it helped having read the first to see some of the issues that started there. Neither character is looking for each other, but that doesn't stop them from finding each other and what all happens. Really enjoyed the epilogue. I hope the next book might be about Charlie I like this family, as screwed up as it might be.

Spoiler alert! While this book delivers the essential Erin McCarthy experience of some mystery and a lot of romance, the man ho of the lead male character really killed this book for me. Seriously, this guy can't keep it in his pants for a few weeks? Sorry to be so blunt but a few changes would definitely enhance the book and the male lead. He has enough angst and past bad decisions, no need for all the side women.

I did not know about/nor read the first book in this series, however, I still dove right in and enjoyed this one. I loved both Bella and Christian but especially loved how the author slowly revealed their real selves, rather than the preconceived notions that they initially had. The chemistry between them was somewhat awkward at first, but as the novel progressed, things seriously heated up for them.

My favorite thing about this novel though was Bella and her outlook on life. Between her loser fiance, finding a new job, moving to a new home, etc. she maintained such a pleasant and hopeful attitude with a contagious happiness. It was hard not to love her and root for everything to work out perfectly!

*I received this ARC from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

I loved the first book in the Jordan Brothers series and was dying to read this, the second book. You should absolutely read The Hookup first because there is some overlap!

Christian has satisfied himself with promiscuity as a sort of buffer to keep anyone from getting too close. While he seems focused on being the best father he can be, he leaves a lot to be desired in other ways. Thankfully, Bella seems to make up for any of Christian's shortcomings... Bella has been waiting her whole life to have the wedding of her dreams. It's too bad that the person she's supposed to marry is perhaps the most loathsome person on the planet. When she decides to flee the wedding minutes before it is to start, Christian comes to her rescue and gives her a safe place to hide out for a few days. Is their budding relationship one of actual attraction, convenience, or just another hookup in an endless line of them for Christian?

I know it's the Jordan Brothers series, but I'd love to see it expand to Christian and Cain's sister... And there is that other brother and he seems interesting...

Within days of hearing wedding bells ring Bella Bigelow discovers that her groom isn't ready to say "I do" because he's too busy rolling around in the sheets with another woman, and Bella is crushed. She had everything all planned out, they'd get married, do the lavish honeymoon, and then return home and get started on the next chapter of their lives... now she has no idea what she is going to do, should she call off the wedding or not? She gave up everything to be with this man, she has no career to fall back on, and no back-up plan, she either needs to decide is she can forgive him and get married, or flee and never look back? As the last few hours roll down to wedding day she decides she can't go through with it, and calls her friend Christian to come and whisk her away. She needs a place to hide-out and get a handle on her emotions and make a new life plan, so he takes her to his families cabin for a little break.

But after a few days together she starts to think that maybe the rule of "the best way to get over someone is to get under someone else" might just be the best way to move on, and Christian Jordan seems like a good candidate to help her with that. He doesn't do relationships, which means no feelings or obligations afterwards, and he seems to be well versed in one night stands, what could possibly go wrong?

The Breakup is a drama filled tale that will stir up your emotions and put a squeeze on your heart, you just can't help but feel for these characters and the situation they have found themselves tangled up in. This was my first visit to the series, and with the back story continuing from the first installment, I sometimes felt as though I was missing out on some pertinent details, but with that being said I don't feel like it took too much away from Bella and Christian's story, I was still able to grasp everything that was happening with them. This was an enjoyable read to settle down with this afternoon, it made for the perfect little literary getaway, the story line was engaging, the characters were well drawn, and it left me my heart happy. Highly recommend!

I requested an advanced copy of this title from NetGalley, and I am voluntarily leaving my honest opinion.

The Break Up is the second book in the Jordan brothers series. This is the story of spoiled princess Bella and the local bartender she meets while in Maine preparing for her upcoming wedding. I was so excited to read this book after falling in love with The Hook-up, but this book did not develop Bella and Christian's story like I had hoped. The book cannot be read as a standalone novel because there are no scenes with their initial meeting, the reason for Bella bailing Christian out of jail, nor their initial thoughts of each other. So you have to read The Hookup to get enough backstory that you are not lost for the first part. As the story continued, I felt like Christian's character flaws were never redeemed and his actions throughout the story such as refusing to let Bella have any interactions with his son and his reaction to their fallouts made him extremely unlikable. Lastly, the end was rushed and predictable. I hope if there is a third book with Camden's story the characters are deeper and more developed.

Thanks Loveswept and NetGalley for the ARC!

I give this one about 3 stars. The writing style was engaging, but the characters were not my usual cup of tea. Also, I started on a book not the first. Overall, I'd say it was pretty hot, but not necessarily what I was looking for.

I really enjoyed this book, although I think I liked the first one more, this one was still pretty great. Christian and Bella were so cute together, and I really liked the pull between them. How they just gravitated towards one another, despite all the reasons why it was wrong to feel the way they felt.

In the beginning, I was on the fence about Bella and her "people pleasing" ways, I thought she needed more of a backbone, but later in the book, her character developed and I quickly fell in love with her. No longer was the girl who just nods and smiles to whatever was thrown at her, you got to see the fire spark within her to put a stop to her push-over ways.
Then banter between her and Christian was funny and I loved her quirkiness. We also got to see more of a sisterly bond between her and Sophie in this book, as well as how Christian truly feels for his twin brother. Christian's issues regarding the types of women he couldn't help but be attracted to was a little unnerving, but I love how he sorted himself out and became the man who deserved Bella.

The story was great for a nice quick summer read. I highly suggest people read book 1 before this one to get the max reading enjoyment of the Jordan Brothers. We got introduced a little more to the other Jordan siblings in this book, so I have high hopes for more books from Erin McCarthy and I can't wait to read them!

Great book with great characters definitely a page turner, lots of excitement and a few twists and turns

The Break Up is an amazing story about Bella and Christian. It’s the continuing series of the Jordan Family who live in Maine and they are twin brothers and they have a sister named Charlie who is just as feisty as them. Christian doesn’t believe in love or happily ever after a. Bella is planning her big dream wedding that is taking place in Maine and she comes from a very wealthy family. She is the perfect daughter who is always wanting to do good and help others in need.
These two meet while Bella is getting ready for wedding and they have a past. Bella’s family is rich and vacations in this town but doesn’t socialize with the locals like the Jordan’s. Bella’s sister Sophie though is dating Cain Jordan and doesn’t care what people think.
Cain and his brother have issues due to the past. And they need to work these issues out in order for them both to move forward in life.
Christian is able to help Bella in a time of need and they develop an amazing relationship and that they soon realize could be so much more if they just put their fears behind them.
This book is one I highly recommend. I loved the characters and the story was good. There are some funny moments and there are some super hot moments in this story!

**4.5 Stars**

I seriously enjoyed The Hookup and wasn't quite sure how The Breakup would compare to it, but I was pleasantly surprised.

Bella and Christian's relationship started off unpredictably to say the least, but I really loved them together. I felt like they were just opposite enough to really compliment each other and I thought they had great chemistry.

I read this book in one sitting because it was so engaging. I did feel like the ending was a bit rushed, but overall found it to be a very enjoyable level read.

The Breakup is actually the 2nd book in the Jordan Brothers series, which somehow I missed when I requested to read and review it.

I felt like you definitely need to read the first book in the series, because it clearly takes place in the same time period and with the same characters and honestly I felt lost.

Overall I liked the book and the characters, but I feel as though I would have enjoyed it more if I had more of a connection to them from reading the first book. I will definitely recommend this SERIES to our followers and make sure they read the books in order.

I voluntarily reviewed a copy of this book (given by Netgalley)...

I loved Cain and Sophie and I couldn't wait to see what was going to happen between Bella, (Sophie's sister) and Christian (Cain's brother). If you read The Hookup, then you already know about the bad blood between the two brothers Cain and Christian, but now we get to see into the mind of Christian. Now I won't lie already disliked Christian, but I wanted to give him a chance to redeem himself and hopefully rebuild a relationship with Cain. Now as for Bella, I was on the fence with her because at times she could be totally snobby and then kind which to be honest was a little annoying. Now I want to say I loved this book until we the 70% mark and then the book took a weird turn for me.

I don't want to giveaway spoilers so I'm going to try to be vague, so just in case I warning POSSIBLE SPOILERS AHEAD.

After Bella and Christian get to really know each other, there was an issue and they kind of "break-up" but at this time Christian finally realizes he truly wants Bella. However, instead of putting his big boy pants on and telling her how he feels, he starts having casual sex with another girl while pining after Bella. This bothered me because for one at this point he knows he loves her, and two they never discuss it and it's like it never happened and Bella just smiles and moves on. Now mind you Bella lives in town now and works at his bar and yet instead of talking to her, he screws someone else until he decides he wants Bella and she just goes along with it.

Unfortunately, Christian started to grow on me but lost me after he decided to be a coward and not tell Bella his feelings for her and then acted like a man-child when things got difficult. I know most people think Bella was weak in the beginning, I didn't think she was, I thought she was trying to do the best she could in a terrible situation; however, by the end of the book, she sounded like pushover and somewhat resembled a doormat with the way she let Christian treat her. The ending felt awkward as well as rushed and didn't make me feel like they were actually in love with each other.


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Now for the last part that confused me, it had to do with Christian basically abandoning Bella after she reveals she's pregnant to him and then coming out of nowhere with a business-like resolution to the problem. Now the confusion I had was that he basically offers to marry her to benefit him (he can keep his son from Ali) and presents in such a clinical way that Bella screams "NO" at him because she wants love. I kid you not, he basically says sorry then ACTUALLY asks her and then tells he loves her and she says "YES" all with a couple paragraphs. This bothered me because nothing about it sounded sincere, just a quick resolution to get to the HEA.

I loved it!!! I wish there was a little more to their story but I really enjoyed it. I didn't realize the first book about her sister but you I loved that you got to see the HEA for the sister also.

Bella is pretty sure that her fiancé is cheating on her. She’s one week out from her wedding and she’s an emotional wreck. When she finds texts on her fiancé’s phone confirming the cheating Bella confronts Brad about it. He, of course, being the ass he is, turns it around to make it look like Bella is the cause of his cheating. She knows she’s being manipulated but still can’t bring herself to end it. She talks to her parents who push her to marry Brad. She’s SO confused!

Bella recently became friends with Christian, a bartender in the coastal Maine town that she’s getting married in. She gets drunk and asks him to teach how to be good in bed but he refuses. Though Christian doesn’t normally have problems sleeping with women in relationships, because they’re emotionally unavailable, there’s something about Bella that makes him want to treat her well.

When Bella decides right before the wedding ceremony that she absolutely can’t marry Brad she calls Christian and he whisks her off to a family cabin to hide her from her family, Brad and his family and anyone else trying to talk to her. With Bella now single and free, Christian has no problem showing her exactly how good in bed she is. The two spend a couple of days together but soon they have to face reality. Bella has to decide what she’s going to do now that she quit her job, sold her furniture and has nowhere to go, and Christian has to decide if wanting Bella in his life will be a good thing or just make his crazy life even crazier.

After book one in this series I can’t say that I liked Christian all that much. Book one was about Bella’s sister and Christian’s twin brother getting together. It seems that Christian slept with his twin’s girlfriend and was caught. Of course it comes out in this book that the girlfriend, Ali, had told Christian that they had broken up and since Christian had had a thing for Ali all through school he took her up on her off of some bed-play. Little did he know it would change his life forever. Turns out he wasn’t a bad person after all – he just didn’t make the best judgment calls about people. He knew this about himself so that’s why he hesitated when Bella approached him about going to bed with her. I was happy that he finally saw that it would be a bad idea. I actually ended up liking Christian a lot in this book, thank heavens. :)
Bella was a strong character but sometimes she made me a bit crazy. She knew deep down she was never going to marry Brad but then ended up waiting until the last possible moment to run. That bothered me a lot. I guess I have not idea what I would have done in that situation so I can’t be too judgy. I liked how she handled things with Christian, her family and Brad after the wedding fiasco and was happy that she didn’t settle.

I was annoyed at the alternating first person POV. Not that I mind that POV so much, but there was no clear delineation of when one POV stopped and another started, like a new chapter. There was just a break in the story and then we'd get another POV - sometimes it was hard to figure out if I was reading Bella's POV or Christians. :( Not to my liking.

The book was good and I really liked it. It was a fun, easy read and was perfect for just sitting in the back yard with no worries.

Rating: 3.75 out of 5

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I got a big kick out of this book which is not your average runaway bride story. Bella is a "good girl" who has been raised to take her place in society but when she finds out her groom is cheating on her she's gone. Christian is a "bad boy" and seems to take pleasure in that. When Bella wants to learn more about how to please a man she asks Christian for help. Thus begins a sexy, funny, sweet, hot story that I couldn't put down.

This book was very entertaining. It kept me reading from the first page and I couldn't put it down. Great character development. Good story line. Looking forward to reading more from this author. Will definately tell my friends about this one.

I read this book very quickly! This was my first book by this author and I was pleased. Bella discovers her fiancé is cheating on her just days before the wedding. She wants revenge and finds local bartender Christian Jordan is the right choice to get what she wants. Christian has his own problems and secrets, but is intrigued by Bella and her situation. When I first started the book, I almost decided I was going to hate it. I felt like it was a story about a girl who was too naïve and heartbroken to make the right choices. I thought Bella’s character was going to be too whiny for my taste. But as the story developed I found myself wanting more from both characters. I began to really feel like I knew Bella and Christian. The author did a great job portraying the characters and what they wanted in life. I would have loved more detail throughout the middle of the story and leading up to the end. I felt like the end of their story came way too fast and could have used a little more leading up to it. But overall, it was a great read!

Going into this book I was a little skeptical, I didn’t know if it was going to be one of those books that was predictable from the beginning, or one that kept you guessing at every turn. Unfortunately, I found it to be the latter, from the start to finish of this book, you knew exactly what was going to happen, you knew, Bella was going to fall in love with Christian. This book was a little hard for me to even possibly believe. I get the having a wild weekend after you find out the douche you were suppose to marry had been cheating on you, and he thought it was perfectly ok, but to move on so fast and get engaged just months later, that was a little hard to believe. If you are looking for a quick read that has some kink to it, and one that has a happily ever after, but that doesn’t have much drama, this is the book for you. I think this book would have been great, if it was a little longer, and you got to know the characters a little bit better. It seems a little rush to me, and that is my honest review:-)



I give this book 3 stars

The Breakup was my first Erin McCarthy story. While I enjoyed the story line and the characters, I believe that it would have been easier if I would have read the first book in this series. I will definitely be picking u that first book